Welcome to EIBL 2025

Reception of auditors and Check-In

Opening session

The President of CEB, Prof. Carlos Costa Gomes, and the Vice-Rector of the University of Aveiro, Prof. Doutor Artur Silva, welcome the auditors and speakers of EIBL and present the objectives of this academic meeting

Inaugural Conference: Ethical Concerns and Concerns

Professor Ana Sofia Carvalho, Full Professor of Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, opens this meeting with an intellectual provocation that will make us think about ethics and bioethics...

Coffee break

Visit the poster display area and mingle with colleagues

Simultaneous Panels

Choose the topic that interests you most - watch and participate

Panel 1 - Bioethics of persistent questions: from the beginning of life

Moderator: Dr. Vladimiro Silva

Topics:

1. Ethics in Early Life: From the Contraceptive Mindset to the Abortion Mindset
   Prof. Dr. Margarida Castel-Branco | Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra
   

2. Approach to the Infertile Couple
   Dr. Miguel Raimundo | Hospital da Luz of Lisbon & Dr. Miguel Raimundo Clinic
   

3. Parenting by a thread: aging and managing expectations in Family Medicine
   Dr. Maria Teresa Silva | Luz Hospital of Oeiras
   

4. Limits of medical intervention in newborns: bioethical reflections
   Professor Carmen Carvalho | Director of the Neonatology Service at the Northern Maternal and Child Center
   

5. Between birth and departure: ethical challenges at the end of life in neonatology
   Dr. Sofia Figueiredo | Northern Maternal and Child Center

Panel 2 - Bioethics of persistent issues: the end of life

Moderator: Dr. Raquel Mendonça

Topics:

1. Palliative Care and Euthanasia: What are the likely connections?
   Prof. Dr. Sérgio Soares | Palliative Care Unit - ULSR Aveiro
   

2. The role of family and professionals in palliative care and difficult decisions
   Dr. Marisol Nogueira | Palliative Care Unit - ULSR Aveiro
   

3. Medically Assisted Death: A Constitutional Debate
   Dr. Filomena Girão | Institute of Bioethics - UCP
   

4. Living Will and Advance Directives
   Dr. Ana Carlos Bento | Palliative Care Unit - ULSR Aveiro

Panel 3 - Bioethics of emerging issues: from new technologies to public health policy issues

Moderator: Dr. João Alcafache

Topics:

1. Covert Surveillance in the Health Context: Ethical Analysis of a Simulated Research Project
   Professor Patricia Coelho | Porto School of Nursing
   

2. The Book of Digistopia and its Antidote
   Dr. Daniela Antão | NOVA School of Law
   

3. Humans 2.0 in Space: Ethics of Human-Machine Fusion
   Dr. Sheila Torquato Humphreys | NOVA School of Law
   

4. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice: Automated Writing of Medical Documents and Digital Healthcare Assistance
   Dr. Filipa Pereira Silva | FaF Lawyers
   

5. Ethical Guidelines for Scientific Research and Artificial Intelligence for the Oswaldo Cruz Institute
   Professor of Philosophy Márcia de C. Cassimiro | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation | Oswaldo Cruz Institute

Lunch

A moment of pause, conviviality and reflection.

Of Foundation and Continuation

Speaker : Father Vasco Pinto de Magalhães

Reflection on the origin of the Center for Bioethics Studies, the reasons behind its creation and the role it has played over the last decades. The Hon. Father Vasco Pinto de Magalhães evokes the legacy of the founders and challenges those present to continue the project, with fidelity to the axiological matrix of the human and openness to the challenges of the future.

Plenary Conference: From Generation to Ethical Regeneration: Persistent Issues, Emerging Challenges

Moderator : Professor Doctor António Jácomo

Representatives from each panel provide summaries of the communications and debates held during the morning, opening up shared perspectives and contributions to all auditors.

Oral Presentation of Posters

Moderator: Professor Doctor António Jácomo

We invite participants who submitted their posters to present their work in greater detail and with a sense of sharing, certain that they are among peers in reflecting on the many dimensions across which bioethics extends.

Coffee break

Brief break at the end of the plenary conference

What Remains of What Has Passed?

An invitation to a final reflection on what remains from an intense day of dialogue and sharing. Eng. José Figueiredo Soares proposes an overview of the Meeting, valuing the bonds, ideas and spirit that EIBL 2025 leaves to all participants.

Walter Osswald Bioethics Award

Within the scope of EIBL 2025, the Walter Osswald Bioethics Prize is officially established, an award that pays tribute to the legacy of Professor Walter Osswald , recognizing his remarkable contributions to bioethics. This award celebrates excellence in research in ethics and bioethics, an indispensable tool in the service of human dignity and the space in which we cohabit. The authors of the Best Oral Communication and the Best Poster presented at EIBL 2025 will be distinguished!

Closing